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LAWSUITS SETTLED IN - 2004 Galveston Central Appraisal District Operations Data Free Tips and Tricks on appealing your Galveston Central Appraisal District property taxes. Most judicial appeals for property taxes in Texas result in a further reduction in assessed value. This table summarizes the number of lawsuits (for prior years) settled in 2004, the number which addressed unequal appraisal or excessive appraisal, the number which resulted in a reduction in assessed value, the percentage of accounts which resulted in a reduction in assessed value (number of accounts reduced as a percentage of the number accounts settled for prior years in 2004), legal fees paid to appraisal district attorneys, legal fees paid to appraisal district attorneys per accounts settled in 2004 and legal fees paid to property owner attorneys. Galveston Central Appraisal District had a typical level of lawsuits/judicial appeals. Data obtained from the Texas Comptroller.
LAWSUITS SETTLED IN - 2004/2005 CAD SURVEY
PRIOR YEARS LAWSUITS EXCESSIVE ATTORNEY FEES
DISTRICT LAWSUITS SETTLED PER 100,000 OR UNEQUAL REDUCED PERCENTAGE FEES PAID PAID TO
NUMBER DISTRICT NAME TOTAL PARCELS IN 2004 ACCOUNTS APPRAISAL APPRAISED VALUE REDUCED TO ATTORNEY TAXPAYERS
105 Hays 70,278 1 1
70 Ellis 76,896 10 13 10 7 70.00%
243 Wichita 76,912 13 17 13 11 84.62% 14,000
91 Grayson 80,639 4 5 4 2 50.00% 8,574
126 Johnson 81,190 3 4 3 1 33.33% 7,640
46 Comal 92,566 21 23 20 10 47.62% 15,000
184 Parker 93,773 3 3 3 3 100.00% 2,369
221 Taylor 94,444 6 6 2
146 Liberty 98,248 1 1
161 McLennan 115,194 15 13 15 9 60.00% 15,000
21 Brazos 117,295 13 11 13 8 61.54%
237 Waller 121,010 12 10 12 8 66.67% 110,000
81 Freestone 123,391 1 1 1 100.00% 1,542 1,333
188 Potter 126,809 1 1 1 1 100.00%
152 Lubbock 127,434 6 5 6 4 66.67%
107 Henderson 129,683 9 7 9 7 77.78% 10,876
165 Midland 136,987 9 7 9 1 11.11% 7,763 5,981
14 Bell 140,004 6 4 6 4 66.67%
240 Webb 146,213 1 1 18,672
123 Jefferson 147,037 8 5 6 7 87.50%
201 Rusk 159,289 2 1 2 2 100.00%
178 Nueces 162,103 15 9 14 14 93.33% 84,000
212 Smith 174,339 1 1 1 1 100.00% 851
246 Williamson 178,542 6 3 61 33 550.00% 159,087
20 Brazoria 182,069 1 1 4,000
31 Cameron 184,123 19 10 13 10 52.63%
68 Ector 189,644 5 3 5 1 20.00% 50,400
84 Galveston 212,407 9 4 6 5 55.56% 3,754,834
92 Gregg 226,719 6 3 14 4 66.67% 18,680
79 Fort Bend 235,506 2 1
170 Montgomery 239,719 10 4 10 10 100.00%
183 Panola 258,973 1 0 2,812
43 Collin 269,342 76 28 73 65 85.53% 201,420 10,000
108 Hidalgo 300,170 6 2 5 5 83.33% 49,177
61 Denton 306,540 18 6 17 15 83.33% 91,960
227 Travis 356,429 239 67 366,503 2,052
71 El Paso 359,163 31 9 31 152,763
15 Bexar 568,958 180 32 177 168 93.33%
220 Tarrant 634,763 463 73 444 368 79.48% 431,808
57 Dallas 829,831 717 86 715 679 94.70% 599,845
101 Harris 1,649,737 733 44 1,086 563 76.81% 2,139,514
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